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Seagrass Meadows Connected to Kelp Forests Make Great Fish Nurseries

Published May 24th, 2019 by Josh Silberg

Along temperate coastlines, seagrass meadows and kelp forests are both regarded as critical nursery habitats for fish. In a new publication in Ecological Applications, scientists from the Hakai Institute, University of Victoria, and Fisheries and Oceans Canada found that nursery grounds for fish can improve as a result of the connectivity between these two resource-rich habitats. Graphic by Josh Silberg

Citation:

Olson, A. M., Hessing-Lewis, M., Haggarty, D., and Juanes, F. (2019). Nearshore seascape connectivity enhances seagrass meadow nursery function. Ecological Applications. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.1897